Word a Day
stuff
What does stuff mean?
stuff (noun): miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use stuff in a sentence?
- The trunk was full of stuff. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce stuff?
/stʌf/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does stuff come from?
From Middle English stuf, stuffe, from Anglo-Latin stuffa and its etymon Old French estofe, estoffe, estuf, estuffe, stoffe.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “stuff” mean?
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
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a daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling
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miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects
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a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
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